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Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District, Fairfield County
(Between S.C. Hwy. 34 & S.C. Hwy. 213, Winnsboro vicinity)
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Greenbrier School
Facade
Greenbrier School
Right Oblique
Greenbrier School
Main Entrance
Greenbrier School
West Wing
Greenbrier School
Entry Pillar
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Greenbrier School
Storage Shed
Brooks Granite Co.
Blacksmith Shop
and Compressor Bldg.
Brooks Granite Co.
Office
Brooks Granite Co.
Finishing Plant
Rion Quarry
South Face
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Rion Quarry
Crush Stone Plant
SE View
Rion Quarry
Crush Stone Plant
East View
Rion Quarry
Locomotive Pit
Rion Quarry
Machine Shop
Facade
Rion Quarry
Machine Shop
Rear Facade
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Rion Quarry
Parts Shed
Rion Quarry
Office Facade
Rion Quarry
Office Rear Facade
Rion Quarry
Office
Weigh Scales
Rion Quarry
Stone Magazine

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The Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District is significant as a collection of buildings, sites, structures and objects associated with the quarrying, finishing, and transporting of Winnsboro blue granite between ca. 1883 and ca. 1945. The district is composed of forty-five properties located along the twelve mile stretch of the Rockton and Rion Railroad in south central Fairfield County. The district includes the Anderson and Rion Quarry sites, industrial buildings and structures associated with granite quarrying and finishing operations, residences constructed for management personnel at Anderson Quarry, the Rockton and Rion Railroad line and side tracks, two steam locomotives from the Rockton and Rion Railroad, and a ca. 1941 school building constructed of granite. The district retains sufficient integrity to reflect the history of the Winnsboro Granite Company and granite quarrying in the area between ca. 1883 and ca. 1945. The properties, with the exception of Greenbrier School, are grouped into two complexes, the Anderson Quarry-Phillips Granite Works and the Rion Granite Quarry-Brooks Granite Company. Most of the buildings and structures in the Historic District were constructed of Winnsboro blue granite, with the majority constructed from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. Listed in the National Register December 6, 1984.

View a map showing the boundaries of the Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District.

View the complete text of the nomination form for this National Register property. In addition, the Historic Resources of Fairfield County includes historical background information for this and other related National Register properties.

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